Daily Archives: July 28, 2018

The enthusiasm with which Americans, in all our couch-potato glory, have embraced yoga is understandable. It’s exercise that can be as lazy or taxing as you like, and ends with a few minutes of lying completely still.
A friend once observed he’d be more into working out if it were more like sex — “some vigorous activity, ...

(CNN) — The longest total lunar eclipse of the century arrives Friday night, showcasing a blood moon for most of the Eastern Hemisphere. Coincidentally, Mars is also at its brightest, putting two bright red objects in our sky. The lunar eclipse happens during daylight hours for those in the Western Hemisphere, so people in North America will miss it. Lunar ...

The Detroit-based Greta Van Fleet band made its late-night television premiere Thursday. Brian McCollum of the Detroit Free Press writes:
The Detroit-based four-piece drew a standing ovation on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” for its performance of “When the Curtain Falls,” on the heels of the song’s official single release last week.
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Shopping for vinyl? Whether you’re a longtime LP lover or just discovering that warm, crackly sound, Motown’s record shops may have just what you need. But where are the best places to settle in for an afternoon of crate digging? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top vinyl record sources in Detroit, using both Yelp data and our own ...

While downtown Ferndale, Detroit and Berkley have become increasingly more popular, downtown Royal Oak has been fighting to maintain its status as a go-to entertainment district.
Now, comes the latest enticement: A new “speakeasy.” It’s part of the recently updated Mr. B’s Gastropub in Royal Oak and is set to open Saturday, reports Tom Perkins of ...

LANSING (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday endorsed John James in Michigan’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate, calling him a “spectacular” candidate with “such great potential.” The 37-year-old African-American business executive and Iraq War helicopter pilot is running against detergent manufacturer Sandy Pensler in the Aug. 7 contest. The winner will advance to face third-term Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow ...

Tension between Flint and the state continues to unfold.
The latest: A letter Wednesday from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to the city’s chief financial officer claiming Flint has ignored tens of millions of dollars in federal and state grant funds available for lead service line replacement, Beth LeBlanc of The Detroit News reports.
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An Egyptian zoo is insisting it did not paint a pair of donkeys to look like zebras. Cairo’s International Garden municipal park became a target of ridicule after an Egyptian student, Mahmoud Sarhan, posted images on Facebook of the suspicious beast. Sarhan said that the zoo’s two zebras were obviously painted donkeys, a view that has since been embraced by ...

The image of Michigan State University as a sports factory, with leadership more concerned with athletics than, say, a team doctor who’s a serial sex abuser, keeps getting more reinforcement.
Friday’s Free Press has an investigation of MSU sports-team travel records, which show that the university’s trustees often hitch a ride on team charters ...

Ryan Mayer The final part of our fantasy football preview positional rankings is here. For those of you asking, no, we’re not going to do a top 10 kickers post. Go outside and take a break from the fantasy sports if you’re looking for a kicker breakdown. Now, one big thing to note before getting into the projections for defenses ...